by - December 21, 2010 2:01 pm
It’s not often that national, state and local statistics related to a certain sector suggest similar trends, but that’s exactly what is happening with tourism figures. Locally, hospitality tax collections…
by - December 21, 2010 8:20 am
Stockman says good inventory management helps a business make best use of its money.
by - December 20, 2010 2:04 pm
November home sales figures in the Fort Smith area and Northwest Arkansas are not pretty, with 2010 sales in both regions likely to fall below 2009, 2008 and 2007 levels….
by - December 20, 2010 8:42 am
Nationwide freight demand, which hit a recession in October 1996, should accelerate in the second half of 2011, according to a trucking industry economist. The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage…
by - December 17, 2010 11:44 am
Personal income data released Friday (Dec. 17) shows that economic conditions are slowly improving, with Arkansas’ personal income in the third quarter of 2010 up 4.23% compared to the 2009…
by - December 17, 2010 10:45 am
Estimated 2009 median income fell in all but one of the seven counties in the Fort Smith metro area, according to the American Community Survey (ACS) released recently by the…
by - December 17, 2010 10:09 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in November was 7.9%, up from 7.8% in October and up from the 7.6% in November 2009. The Oklahoma jobless rate was 6.9%, unchanged from October, and…
by - December 16, 2010 9:08 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Real Estate Review Committee members on the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) were unable to reach an agreement following a second meeting with Rob Coleman…
by - December 16, 2010 6:08 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright (Eastern District of Arkansas) has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. against YRC and the…
by - December 16, 2010 4:30 pm
info for this story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Area consumers expect to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to preliminary data reported…
by - December 16, 2010 2:04 pm
The number of Fort Smith regional properties in a process of foreclosure was up 23% in November and is up more than 17% for the first 11 months of the…
by - December 16, 2010 7:21 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Van Buren Advertising and Promotions Commission approved its 2011 budget of $454,000 at Wednesday’s (Dec. 15) regular meeting, a $31,000 increase over the 2010…
by - December 15, 2010 7:12 pm
At the 145th annual meeting of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Stephens Inc. CEO Warren Stephens said he still believes that streamlining city and county governments in central…
by - December 15, 2010 5:41 pm
A recent online survey of The City Wire readers suggest that 56% of readers have an annual income of more than $100,000, and 52% are between the ages of 46…
by - December 15, 2010 8:53 am
While news has reverberated from a federal judge’s ruling that a portion of the health care overhaul is unconstitutional, there is another part of the massive bill that more resembles…
by - December 14, 2010 8:37 pm
About $6.75 million has been pledged or raised for the $50 million (give or take a few million dollars) U.S. Marshals Museum, but don’t ask executive director Jim Dunn when…
by - December 14, 2010 3:14 pm
A revised GDP report shows an even gloomier picture of the U.S. economy in 2009, with construction and manufacturing showing the biggest declines. The federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reported…
by - December 14, 2010 2:34 pm
Fort Smith area hospitals are among those working toward adoption of a broad and comprehensive coding system that is expected to provide tracking and inventory control of all medical supplies….
by - December 14, 2010 10:31 am
Stockman suggests that listening to your inner child could help improve innovation skills.
by - December 14, 2010 10:21 am
Electronic gambling revenues are up in Hot Springs and West Memphis and will likely continue to grow according to a new survey suggesting that U.S. gaming revenues will rise 3.6%…
